CDW Corp. vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? CDW Corp. trades at $135 (market cap $16.92B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $94.9 (market cap $53.11B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is far larger — about 3.1× CDW Corp.'s market cap, and CDW Corp. pays the higher dividend (1.86%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CDW | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.92B | $53.11B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $170.77 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $99.30 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $22.52B | $59.57B |
Dividend Yield | 1.86% | 1.22% |
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CDW Corp is a value-added reseller operating in the U.S. (95% of sales) and Canada (5%). The company has more than 100,000 products on its line of cards that range from notebooks to data center software. Roughly half of CDW's revenue comes from midsize and large businesses, with the remaining from small businesses, government agencies, education institutions, and health-care organizations.
Read more on CDW →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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